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CLOTHES LINE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED 110V. 8, 190.9.

Patented Feb.28, 1911.

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CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1909.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 526,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANs Or'ro, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Lookeba, in thecounty of Caddo and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Reels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices used for caring for clothes-lines andclothes-pins, and has for its object the provision of a casing having aline-reel in its upper portion and a clothes-pin box in its lowerportion, the reel being provided with a hand-brake that operates toprevent the line from running off of the reel when being wound up, and aspring-clasp on the outside of the casing and inclosing the clothes-lineto re ceive and hold a wiper for the line to clean it when being woundup or unwound.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of myimproved device showing the casing partly broken away, and Fig. 2, across-section of the reel and retaining band.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout both of the views.

The casing 1 of my improved reel is preterably made of sheet-metal andprovided with an opening 2 in its lower end to receive the clothes-pinbox 3, which when in position in the casing is held in place byinwardly-extending flanges 4; on the sides of the casing, the front ofthe casing above the opening being extended outwardly to form anoverhanging flange 5 to act as a water-shed to prevent rain or snowwater from getting into the box when in position. The box 3 is providedwith a shoulder sling 6, which lies on top of the box when placed in thecasing 1.

The line-reel 7 is journaled in a plate 8, secured to the back of thecasing, and a cross-strap 9, having its ends formed withrearwardly-extending portions 10 and the extreme ends extended outsideof the easing, as shown at 11, and provided with screw-holes formingflanges to secure the casing in position.

12 indicates a crank-ha11dle formed integral with ratchet-wheel 13,mounted on the end of reel-shaft 14: on the outside of casing 1, and 15a gravity-pawl pivotally secured to the casing and engaging ratchetwheel13.

The line 16 is run through a hole 17 in one side of the casing andsecured to reel 7, which is grooved, as shown in Fig. 5, to hold theline when wound on the reel, 18 indicating a band secured to the casing1 at one end and extended around the reel and secured to the bolt 19,through flange 20, on its other end, said bolt having a spring 21secured thereto and engaging flange 20 to provide for limitedself-adjustment of the band on the reel, while a thumb-nut 22 on thethreaded end of the bolt that extends out of the casing admits ofpositive adjustment of the band when desired. 23 indioates a slot in theband through which the rope extends.

In operation the band 18 operatesto prevent the rope from running offthe reel when winding it thereon, while the pawl 15 and ratchet-wheel 13prevents backward rotation of the wheel except when it is held out ofengagement with the ratchet or when the weighted end is thrown over toengage the ratchet-wheel and will hold the locking end of the pawl outof position to engage the ratchet-teeth, so that the line may be unwoundand stretched, after which by returning the pawl to its operativeposition the line may be tightened as desired by winding it on the reel.

As the line may be soiled by coming in contact with the ground inwinding it up, I provide a cleaner consisting of a springclamp formed ofa U-shaped piece of wire 24, secured to the side of the casing andinclosing the clothes-line 16, to hold a piece of cloth 25 in engagementwith the line.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In combination witha casing, a clothesline reel journaled in the casing and having flanges,means to rotate the reel, and a band In Witness whereof, I have hereuntoset secured to the casing and surrounding the my hand inpresence of twosubscribing wit- 10 reel, said band contacting with the flanges nesses.

' r 0f the reel thereby forming a guard to prevent displacement oftheline from the reel, N T the band and easing provided with alinedWitnesses: openingsthrough WhlChtht-l clothes-line ex- C. C. JOHNSON,

' 7 tends, substantially as shown and described. i MARSHALL JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each; by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, D. O.

